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    21. Income Distribution in Jamaica, 1958

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Ahiram,E. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    September, 1964
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
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    13 (3) : 333-369
    Notes:
    The main objective of this paper is to present and analyze a fairly comprehensive and reliable set of data on income distribution in Jamaica. Jamaican households ranking in the top 20 percent in income commanded 61.5 percent of income, and those in the bottom 20 percent only 2.2 percent.

    22. Incomes of Upper 2.5 Percent and 8.5 Percent of Income Taxpayers in Relation to National Income, Jamaica 1951-65

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Cumper,George E. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    December, 1971
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    20(4) : 362-68

    23. Internal Migration in Jamaica: An Economic Analysis

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Adams,Nassau A. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    June, 1969
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    18 (2) : 137-151
    Notes:
    The purpose of the paper is to design and test a model which explains internal migration in Jamaica, based largely on the 1960 census. Suggests that urban migration was unrelated to the level of employment opportunities.

    25. Legal but Inaccessible: Abortion In Guyana

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Nunes,Fred (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Sep 2012
    Published:
    Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    61(3) : 59-94
    Notes:
    Seventeen years after Guyana introduced a positive, liberal abortion law, the government, professional bodies and civil society together have failed to give any leadership in implementing that law. How can one explain that after an outstanding campaign of extensive ministerial and parliamentary consultation, as well as widespread engagement from religious organisations and the media, so little has been done by way of implementing the law? This paper seeks to trace some aspects of the campaign for law reform and to learn from the difficulties of providing services over the last seventeen years.

    26. Local Governance Structures in Trinidad and Tobago: Muddling Through

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Marie Bissessar,Ann (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Dec 2010
    Published:
    Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    59(4) : 127-144
    Notes:
    Argues that the current proposal to reform the local government sector in Trinidad and Tobago stems from an eclectic application of various strands of thought that are in no way in keeping with the realities of the social and political environment of the country.

    32. Public Discourse, Popular Culture and Attitudes Towards Homosexuals in Jamaica

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Cowell,Noel M. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Mar 2011
    Published:
    Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    60(1) : 31-60
    Notes:
    Uses data from a sample of working age Jamaicans to explore dimensions of their attitudes towards homosexuals. The results confirm strong negative attitudes towards homosexuals and suggested alignment with attitudes emanating from sources as distinct as the church, the state and the proponents of popular culture.

    36. Slaves and Slavery in the West Indies

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hall,Douglas (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1962-12-01
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social and Economic Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    11 (4): 305-318
    Notes:
    Vol. 11, No. 4, SPECIAL NUMBER on THE CONFERENCE ON POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY IN THE BRITISH CARIBBEAN, DECEMBER, 1961 (DECEMBER, 1962), "Slavery and the plantation system rapidly developed in the British West Indies from about the middle of the 17th century. The purposes of this paper are first to discuss in some detail the essential socio-economic which beset the plantation societies there; secondly to outline the major political, social, economic, and consequences of the full emancipation of the slaves in 1838; and finally to indicate how the problems of slavery and of the post-emancipation period affect the present day." --The Author